Absynth 6

[jtsterays]

I only use Chromaphone now. The rest is "Absent" (to be on topic )

There are better options for everything AAS makes. I don't even bother with them these days. As a developer, they are dead to me.

Could you recommend alternatives to Objeq delay? I like that thing.

What's your DAW? If you have Bitwig, you can get that kind of thing by putting a resonator in the FB FX slot of one of it's delay devices.

Nah I don't use Bitwig, FL doesn't have a proper resonator, I'm just after that part.

If you don't have Bitwig and FL doesn't have a feedback effects slot in its delay, you can use Blue Cat's Late Replies. It's an 8 tap delay and each delay has slots for built in effects (including a comb filter) which can also host plugins.

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/P ... teReplies/

Interesting, I'll take a look. Appreciate it.

[mholloway]

Looks cool to me, Absynth lives on. The people already complaining before trying it out were likely going to complain no matter what.

[Broken]

It lives! Praise the synth Gods!

[planet_b]

Please NI, make the upgrade price sensible and not something like 149,- while the full version would be 199,-

[DrGonzo]

I hope it will have NFTs and AI. You can't make music without AI in 2025.

[machinesworking]

I think they missed the point if for them the AI browser is the "thing" come on....

Here we go, imo:

- Totally revamped UX making it smooth and not cryptic to work with, gone are those weird up/down ticks and things have proper knobs/sliders
- Design itself is fresh and brought to modern look
- New improved ladder filter
- Improved HQ mode in cloud
- Improved envelope workflow
- Revamped macro system which actually makes sense to work with now
- MPE and PolyAT
- VST3, ARM and future-proofing
- TONS of new samples including finally a lot of looping samples, amazing as oscs
- TONS of new amazing presets
- GUI resize
- AI Browser

Pretty much every box I ticked:
new filter

improved sampler library, looks like a lot easier to load your own in etc.
MPE

GUI improvements

preset browsing hopefully works with up/down arrows so I can avoid loading it into Komplete Kontrol, but the cloud idea is pretty cool really

new Macro capabilities

Would have appreciated some leftover alien bog design elements from before, but in general it's laid out well. Slightly worried about the envelopes but likely that's unmerited.

The article is pretty bad, Absynth has had surround sound forever.

[Kalamata Kid]

I agree with earlier messages that after the release of Absynth 6 that a new thread be started.
"Absynth 6 Release" ? or something more inviting.

[Sound Author]

"...new sounds from Brian Eno, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Richard Devine."

If it's good enough for Brian Eno, it's good enough for me.

[Sound Author]

In regard to that GearNews article, I wouldn't invest too much energy into it. The integrity of audio software journalism (if you can even call it that) was sketchy at best when I began to write for BedroomProducersBlog 10 years ago, and things have gotten SO much worse since then. These articles are often written by people who spent maybe 20 minutes with the plugin, if that. The frequency of inaccurate or just flat out false reporting has gotten really bad, and, with exception of a FEW trusted sources, no one is holding these "journalists" to any standard of accuracy. Don't get me wrong, the GearNews article is probably fine, but I'm highly skeptical of most online publications and demo software myself before deciding that I have an opinion about it.

[Greybox Audio]

Let's f*cking go!!! https://www.native-instruments.com/en/p ... absynth-6/

Edit: not all links on the website are fully working yet since the official launch is still a couple hours away. My guess is 6 pm CEST.

[planet_b]

Komplete 16 update sales on next year's Summer of Sound are going to be great

[aMUSEd]

I think they missed the point if for them the AI browser is the "thing" come on....

Here we go, imo:

- Totally revamped UX making it smooth and not cryptic to work with, gone are those weird up/down ticks and things have proper knobs/sliders
- Design itself is fresh and brought to modern look
- New improved ladder filter
- Improved HQ mode in cloud
- Improved envelope workflow
- Revamped macro system which actually makes sense to work with now
- MPE and PolyAT
- VST3, ARM and future-proofing
- TONS of new samples including finally a lot of looping samples, amazing as oscs
- TONS of new amazing presets
- GUI resize
- AI Browser

Pretty much every box I ticked:
new filter

improved sampler library, looks like a lot easier to load your own in etc.
MPE

GUI improvements

preset browsing hopefully works with up/down arrows so I can avoid loading it into Komplete Kontrol, but the cloud idea is pretty cool really

If you leave the preset explorer mode the standard browser does work with up down arrows to preview the sound, then enter to load it

[noiseboyuk]

Komplete 16 update sales on next year's Summer of Sound are going to be great

Eh? Komplete 16 isn't even out yet. I guess that'll be Autumn 26, so waiting for half price upgrades will take you to summer 27. That's a long time for Absynth fans to hold out.

So £89 Absynth upgrade. They may do a half price on the synth alone next year though I guess.

Great video teaser imo.

[noiseboyuk]

This too:

[nusound mind]

Oh snaps